Guardian photographer Christopher Thomond takes the TransPennine Express from Manchester to Leeds on the day plans are announced for the development of a high-speed cross-Pennine railway line, ‘HS3’, between the two cities

Once the pride of the Victorian railway era, St Pancras is now about to put the glamour back into rail travel. Boasting Europe's longest champagne bar, the new Eurostar terminal is a thrilling architectural achievement and a shining beacon to the 21st century, writes Stephen Bayley.